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Street Fighter's back in a big way this June with the launch of the legendary fighting series' sixth numbered instalment, but it turns Capcom has more fisticuffs in store: it's now now revealed Street Fighter: Duel, a "casual" free-to-play RPG heading to iOS and Android in February.

Epic Games has reversed course on its decision to make Fortnite's weekly quests expire after seven days - a change introduced at the start of the popular battle royale's most recent season.

Forspoken’s launch on PlayStation 5 was rocky from a technical perspective, with uneven visuals and inconsistent performance, so I wondered whether the PC version could be the panacea to all of the woes John touched on in his DF tech review. We’ll get into the gory details shortly, but the good news is that the PC version does play better than the PS5 version - at least on high-end hardware. However, there are also some serious issues unique to the PC release that need to be addressed.

Ubisoft has announced The Crew Motorfest, a "new era" for its open-world racing series that'll whisk players off to Hawaii when it launches for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC later this year.

Microsoft has cut "at least 95 people" from Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries, according to a new report that sheds fresh light on this month's layoffs.

Members of the original development team behind the legendary GoldenEye 007 for N64 have shared their thoughts on the recent re-releases of the game for Nintendo Switch and Xbox.

Desta: The Memories Between, the latest game from Monument Valley developers ustwo games, is on its way to Switch and PC this April.

Konami is calling time on Crimesight, its anime-inspired PC social deduction game that launched last April, blaming "various circumstances".

Top mycologist Paul Stamets (namesake of Star Trek: Discovery's top scientist who also studies fungi) has sought to reassure viewers that while fungi clearly make for good viewing, they are not the enemy.

A group of around 40 Ubisoft staff downed tools to strike last Friday, following calls by unions for workers to take action.

HBO's The Last of Us TV adaptation has been met with scores of praise from fans and critics alike since its debut earlier this month. Its most recent episode has been lauded as a particular highlight not just for the series, but for TV in general.

A new dev update for farming sim Coral Island details its Spring Update, due in March 2023.

A friend once said that the best way to have fun in an open-world game - the best way to see if an open-world game was likely to be fun in the first place - was to pick the first story marker and run in the absolute opposite direction as fast as possible.

Dead Space may have only released a few days ago, but some intrepid players have already started working their way through the remake's New Game Plus mode.

E3 2023 will not include a showfloor presence by Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft, a new report has claimed.

Have you noticed something about Hi-Fi Rush? Beyond it being a lot of colourful fun, that is. It's to do with the look of it, those lines and dots you see applied to environments around you. It's a bit like shading but oversized and deliberate, and layered on almost like a filter.

Microsoft has named its two Xbox Games with Gold titles for February as roguelike RPG For the King and soccer beat 'em up Guts N Goals.

In 2008, EA released Visceral Games' Dead Space - a dark sci-fi horror experience that quickly amasssed a following and spawn multiple follow-ups. Fifteen years later, Dead Space lives again thanks to EA Motive. In this full-on remake, Dead Space merges many of the latest innovations in the Frostbite engine with a fresh new coat of paint and overhauled game design - but how much has the game changed and what does the new tech bring? To find out, I've played through the game on PS5, ran through the original on PS3 and spoken to developers David and Phillipe from EA Motive to get some deeper insights into the technology powering the remake. Here's what you need to know.

Nintendo Switch indie exclusive Sports Story has been updated to remove its criticism of game development, which was hidden away within an in-game secret room.

It looks like Amazon is betting big on Tomb Raider.

The original development team behind Life is Strange have shared a first sneak peek at their upcoming, unannounced game project. Intriguingly, this first screenshot seems to point to a 1990s-era setting.

Jake Solomon, director of XCOM and XCOM 2, has said he is currently still in the dark on the future of Firaxis' turn-based tactics series.

A new Super Mario Bros Movie clip has been released by Nintendo and Illumination.

Dead Space developer Motive Studios is working on a fix for a varial rate shading (VRS) graphical issue present in the horror remake, primarily on PlayStation 5.

The ongoing spat between Microsoft and Sony over whether the former should own Activision Blizzard - and with it, Call of Duty - took a fresh turn over the weekend.

Medieval marginalia strategy game Inkulinati holds the unique honour of being the only game to make me lament, out loud: "Oh no, he's not in my butt range." Overwhelmed in number, I was hoping to force a minotaur-esque beast on the opposing army to take a nap (and skip their turn) by using my rabbit swordsman to moon them. This is, I promise you, very serious tactics, and arguably the heart of Inkulinati: thoughtfully tactical, and uncompromisingly absurd.

Annie Wersching, who played Tess in Naughty Dog's original The Last of Us game, has sadly passed away from cancer. She was 45.

Episode three of The Last of Us is remarkable. Remarkable because, despite giving us a look at moments that aren't actually in the game, it still manages to capture the tone and feel of it all perfectly. It embellishes on the show's theme of love in a world that is crumbling. In all honesty, it took my breath away.

Blizzard has outlined what changes it has planned for Overwatch 2's third season.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has reaffirmed the company's commitment to the Halo franchise, insisting that the series remains "critically important to what Xbox is doing".